I wrote an e-mail response, but decided not to send it. Blogging it is less likely to hurt someone who I want to stay on decent terms with.
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Re: Another perspective on Terri Schiavo Case
I don't want to listen or read any more about it. I've had it with know-it-alls and the Bush brothers' interference in private lives, and public religious displays.
My advice has always been "Carry your faith with you, but leave your religion at home" ... yet now I hear people saying they want to give tax dollars to "Faith-based organizations" meaning "recognized religion," while mouthings about "The Sanctity of Marriage" are used to actually justify the serious consideration of a Constitutional Amendment to make a civil contract -- originally instituted for the purposes of record keeping and revenue generation -- unavailable to certain people because who those people are doesn't fit what certain religions consider to be a proper definition of human being, human citizens due the same rights and respect due all other citizens.
What kind of world do we live in that a body, with less brain-to-body mass and self-awareness than a lizard, can be the center of a decade long interference into a marriage involving the courts, legislatures, the media, and religious fanatics? What kind of a world do we live in where one civil contract is accompanied by an admonishment to parents to "get out of the way because these two adults now lead a life separate from you," yet where those same parents can use every court in the land to stick their noses and opinions where they are not welcome and do not belong? What kind of a world do we live in when I am afraid to do something with specific judgments required -- a "Living Will" -- when I could end up actually 'brain alive' and be forced to exist with sensory deprivation and the resultant mental/emotional hell of insanity because doctors are arguing over what I meant when I filled out the form? And can I trust my son with a Durable Medical Power of Attorney, when I know he doesn't want me to ever die and might just believe the lies a doctor tells him?
There is a reason to be afraid -- VERY afraid -- in this country, as a direct consequence of the Schiavo case. If you believe in a God that can be prayed to, it might be a good idea to start asking for lightning bolts and other quick clean deaths for those few who know so very well what is good for we in the 'unwashed and ignorant, unenlightened, masses' ... because what's going on in various centers of government power today makes the Taliban Regiem in Afghanistan look positively open, free, and respecting of individual self-rights and humanity.
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And no, I will not debate on any of what I've said. I believe what I believe, I do not need to justify that to anyone else, I do not wish to shove my beliefs down anyone's throat, and what I say is simply to provide an option for others to have a new starting point on what they think -- something they can choose to ignore totally.
I don't want to listen or read any more about it. I've had it with know-it-alls and the Bush brothers' interference in private lives, and public religious displays.
My advice has always been "Carry your faith with you, but leave your religion at home" ... yet now I hear people saying they want to give tax dollars to "Faith-based organizations" meaning "recognized religion," while mouthings about "The Sanctity of Marriage" are used to actually justify the serious consideration of a Constitutional Amendment to make a civil contract -- originally instituted for the purposes of record keeping and revenue generation -- unavailable to certain people because who those people are doesn't fit what certain religions consider to be a proper definition of human being, human citizens due the same rights and respect due all other citizens.
What kind of world do we live in that a body, with less brain-to-body mass and self-awareness than a lizard, can be the center of a decade long interference into a marriage involving the courts, legislatures, the media, and religious fanatics? What kind of a world do we live in where one civil contract is accompanied by an admonishment to parents to "get out of the way because these two adults now lead a life separate from you," yet where those same parents can use every court in the land to stick their noses and opinions where they are not welcome and do not belong? What kind of a world do we live in when I am afraid to do something with specific judgments required -- a "Living Will" -- when I could end up actually 'brain alive' and be forced to exist with sensory deprivation and the resultant mental/emotional hell of insanity because doctors are arguing over what I meant when I filled out the form? And can I trust my son with a Durable Medical Power of Attorney, when I know he doesn't want me to ever die and might just believe the lies a doctor tells him?
There is a reason to be afraid -- VERY afraid -- in this country, as a direct consequence of the Schiavo case. If you believe in a God that can be prayed to, it might be a good idea to start asking for lightning bolts and other quick clean deaths for those few who know so very well what is good for we in the 'unwashed and ignorant, unenlightened, masses' ... because what's going on in various centers of government power today makes the Taliban Regiem in Afghanistan look positively open, free, and respecting of individual self-rights and humanity.
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And no, I will not debate on any of what I've said. I believe what I believe, I do not need to justify that to anyone else, I do not wish to shove my beliefs down anyone's throat, and what I say is simply to provide an option for others to have a new starting point on what they think -- something they can choose to ignore totally.
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